Quality Food Brands supplies groceries to Rite Aid
Quality Food Brands Inc., a subsidiary of Synergy Brands Inc., has received what it called a "substantial order" for several of its grocery products from Rite Aid Corp.
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New realities spur Shoppers Drug Mart to adapt
Executives at Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) say that the recent rollback in pharmacy reimbursement rates across Canada is likely to slow the retailer’s growth in the coming years.
HHS: Insurers must offer free preventive health services
The Obama administration has issued new rules that require health insurers to provide free coverage of a wide range of preventive health services. The rules are intended to improve access to and use of these services, which currently are often subject to deductibles, coinsurance or copayments.
Drug chains, suppliers gear up for flu season
Chain drug retailers are readying now to deliver millions of flu shots starting as early as next month. The flu season is expected to start in the fall, and eight flu vaccines from six companies have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, precluding a repeat of last year’s concerns over
Navarro kicks off renovation program with flagship store
Navarro Discount Pharmacies has upgraded and reopened its flagship store in Miami and plans similar upgrades for other drug store locations. The retailer recently held a grand reopening of its original store at 1243 S.W. 8 St. in Miami, which opened in 1961 as El Nacional Drug Store.
Kerr appoints Domann as VP
Former pharmaceutical company executive Richard Domann has joined Kerr Drug’s Kerr Health subsidiary. Domann, who has more than three decades of experience in the drug industry, is the company’s vice president of sales and business development.
Back-to-school shopper needs targeted
Expectations for back-to-school spending may be up or down this year, depending on which consumer survey is consulted.
Castellani set to take the helm at PhRMA
John Castellani has been named president and chief executive officer of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
Lessons of the SKU rationalization debate
Though the year is barely half over, the major story of 2010 is clearly the retailer rush to pare assortments, popularly known as SKU rationalization. This exercise in reducing the number of items on retailer shelves has taken on a life of its own.
Rx operators adjust to changing paradigm
The Obama administration has begun the slow, laborious process of implementing the Affordable Care Act, legislation that will bring momentous changes to the nation’s health care system by the time its major provisions take effect in 2014.
Training program addresses demand for pharmacy techs
Career Step has launched a new pharmacy technician training program to help students quickly prepare for the national certification exams and enter the workplace.
PepsiCo collaboration eyes healthier beverages
PepsiCo and Senomyx Inc. have formed a four-year collaboration to discover, develop and market new sweet-flavor ingredients with the goal of creating healthier beverages.
CVS finds asking beforehand spurs auto refill
CVS Caremark Corp. may be onto something based on early findings from its ongoing behavioral research on consumer health care choices.
Kerr Drug enlists Web-based clinical app for MTM
Kerr Drug plans to deploy Mirixa Corp.’s MirixaEdge Web-based clinical platform to support the delivery of pharmacist-based patient care services, including medication therapy management (MTM).
NCPA gives take on Rx in grandfathered health plans
The National Community Pharmacists Association has submitted comments to a trio of federal agencies to emphasize patient choice and greater use of generic drugs as they devise criteria for maintaining Grandfathered Health Plan (GHP) status under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)